Mop holder



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E. PREISSER M01a HOLDER Filed April 26.1937l v 2 SheeS-Shee''I 2 3mm @MU/v0 PRE/@SER Patented Jan. 4, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE Mor HOLDER Edmund Preisser, New Britain, Conn. Application April 26, 1937, Serial No. 138,886

2 Claims.

This invention relates to mops, dusters, and the like, and more particularly to a mop holder for adjustably holding a mop upon the end of a handle. The aim of my invention is to provide a compact, sturdy mop holder of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and easy to assemble, and which adjustably supports a mop at theend of a handle for universal movement.

It is a further object of my.Y invention to provide a mop holder ofthe character described wherein a single clamping means serves the dual purpose of rigidly securing the holder to the end of a mop handle and secures amop in desired adjusted position.

Itis a further object of my invention to provide an .easily constructed mop holder of the character described wherein a single clamping bolt rigidly secures a pair 'of clamping members tothe end of a mop holder and frictionally eny gages a pair of jaws on a portion of a wire frame of a'mop in such'manner that the frame may be rotated between the jaws to reverse thefmop.

It is a further object ofmy invention to provide a mop lholder rigidly secured to' the end of a mop handle Vand arranged to pivotally receive and clampover the open end of a wire frame forming part of a mop in such manner that the mop is supported for universal movement at the end. of a handle.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out more in detail hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplied in the construction hereafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will b`e indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings wherein I have shown for illustrative purposes one embodiment of the present invention and wherein like numerals indicate like parts: Figure l illustrates a front elevation of my mop holder assembled on the end of a handle and supporting a mop having a closed wire frame;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken substantially along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a clamping unit;

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken along line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the parts Shown 55 in Fig. 3;

Fig. '7 shows a mop formed upon an open end wire frame; and

Fig. 8 shows a mop formed upon a closed wire frame.

In accordance with my invention, I have providedy a mop holder composed of two similar op-v posed spaced clarnping units A arranged to be removably secured in cooperative embracing relation en the bottom of a suitable handle, such as a mop handle I0, by a bolt Il and Wingnut I Z. These units also include two opposed pivotal jaws I3 which are urged towards each other by the bolt and nut into frictional clamping relation about a wire frame I4 rotatably received between the jaws and forming part of a mop M. The 7 rotation of the frame within the jaws and the pivotal movement of the jaws provides a universal support for the mop on the handle. I

` Inthe present instance, the mop is4 illustrated as of conventional form having a multiplicity of cords or mop vmembers M bound together between a twisted pair of wires forming the mop frame. The 'frame may comprise a closedv loop having a central cross bar I4', as shown in Fig.' 8,

and adapted to be rotatably received-and clamped between. the jaws I3,A or the frame may be composed of' an open end loop having a pair of spaced depending ends I4"., as shown in Fig. '7, and adapted to be received in the clamping'jaws-` in a manner to be later described.

Each of the units A has an elongated particylindrical sheet metal clamping member I5 shaped to fit in embracing engagement with, and to generally conform with, the rounded cylindrical end of mop handle I0. Bolt II passes through transversely extending aligned holes in members I5 and in handle I0, as shown in Fig. 2, and wing nut I2 serves to clamp the members tightly against the handle. As shown in Fig. 2, one of these holes is threaded as at I5 to receive bolt I I and non-rotatably support it adjacent its head, and the other hole I5" freely receives the bolt so that turning of the wing nut may conveniently control the clamping operation.

Each member I5, as shown in Fig. 2, extends a corresponding distance beyond the end of handle I0 and is bent inwardly, terminating in a substantially flat flange I6 lying in a plane longitudinally of the handle, thus providing a pair of opposed substantially parallel flanges spaced closer than the diameter of handle Ill. A pair of opposed spaced jaws I3, suitably formed as of sheet metal bent to shape and having spaced angularly divergent side walls I1 and I8 interconnected by bottom walls I9, are respectively and pivotally secured to members I5 by rivets 20 passing through bottom walls I9 and anges I6.

These rivets are axially aligned and disposed transversely of the handle so that the frame of the mop which is clamped between the jaws may assume a pivotal movement transversely of the handle as well as rotate within said jaws, thus providing a substantially universal movement of the mop with relation to the handle. If the mop is of the constructionshown in Fig. 8, frame portion I4 is free to turn through more than 180 in the jaws I3 so that the mop may be easily reversed in the holder. positioned relative to each other that tightening of wing nut I2 will first frictionally engage the jaws in clamped relation about wire frame I4 and frictionally engage bottom walls I9 with ilanges I6, after which further clamping movement of the wing nut will tighten clamping members I5 into tight embracing relation with the bottom of the handle. Hence, the clamping boltY and Wing nut serve the dual feature of clamping both the mop in adjusted position and the holder to the handle.

In order to conveniently support a mop having an open end wire frame as illustrated in Fig'. 7, the walls I8 of each jaw are cut away between their ends providing a pair of corresponding apertures 2| through which theends I4 of the mop frame may freely'extend. It will be noted that bottom wall I9 does not extend beyond its junction with side walls I8 within the aperture 2|, and the extended ends I4 of the wire frame will be' received within the space between the clamping members I5 and beyond the end of the handle I0. In view of the fact that these members are parti-cylindrical and are bent inwardly at their ends to provide flanges I6, pockets 22 will be provided to receive the extended ends I4" of the wire frame and permit ample angular movement of the wire frame within the holder.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Jaws I3 are preferably so It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specic features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a mop holder for adjustably securing the wire frame of a mop at the end of a mop handle, a pair of similar opposed parti-cylindrical clamping members receiving the end of the mop handle and extending therebeyond, said extended portions terminating in a pair of parallel spaced 'flanges overlying a portion of the mop frame, opj posed clamping jaws frictionally and rotatably receiving said portion of the frame and located between said anges, said jaws having divergent spaced side walls interconnected by opposed bottom walls, aligned rivets respectively pivotally connecting the bottom walls and flanges, Vthe axes of jaw movement and frame movement intersecting substantiallyV at right angles, and a bolt removably securing the clamping members to the frame and maintaining the mop frame in any adjusted position.

2. In a universally adjustable mop holder, a mop frame comprising an open end loop, the ends of said loop being right-angled to provide lateral projections, a pair of clamping members arranged to receive the lower end of a mop handle and having their forward ends extending therebeyond and straddling the spaced open right-angled ends of said mop frame, opposed channel shaped clamping jaws between said forward ends of said clamping members frictionally and rotatably receiving the frame adjacent the lateral projections, said jaws having notches in corresponding side edges through which said frame ends freely extend towards the handle, aligned rivets Y respectively and pivotally connecting the jaws to the forward ends of said clamping members, the axes of jaw movement and frame movement intersecting substantially at right angles, and a bolt removably securing said clamping members, jaws, and frame in adjusted position.

EDMUND PREISSER. 

